- Free Will--A Slave
Metropolitan Tabernacle · Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Dec 2, 1855
The sermon presents humanity as legally condemned and spiritually dead because of sin, unable and unwilling by nature to come to Christ. It emphasizes that Christ alone provides justification, spiritual renewal, and ete…
- Comfort for the Desponding
Metropolitan Tabernacle · Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Nov 25, 1855
The sermon presents spiritual despondency as a real experience that may afflict genuine believers, especially when they lose former assurance, joy, tenderness, or appetite for the Gospel. Spurgeon directs hearers toward…
- The Holy Ghost--The Great Teacher
Metropolitan Tabernacle · Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Nov 18, 1855
The sermon presents the Holy Spirit as the personal Spirit of truth who leads believers into the fullness and coherence of biblical revelation. Spurgeon strongly defends doctrinal knowledge, arguing that truth enlighten…
- Healing for the Wounded
Metropolitan Tabernacle · Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Nov 11, 1855
The sermon centers on Psalm 147:3 and applies the image of healing to hearts broken by sin. Genuine repentance is shown by grief over sin and rejection of sinful pleasures, while worldly sorrow alone is insufficient. Go…
- The God of Peace
Metropolitan Tabernacle · Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Nov 4, 1855
The sermon teaches that peace originates in God’s own character and is reflected in the harmony of the Trinity. Sin introduced rebellion and disorder, but Christ restores peace with God and the Holy Spirit brings order…
- Chastisement
Metropolitan Tabernacle · Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Oct 28, 1855
The sermon grounds assurance in substitutionary atonement: Christ has borne the punishment of sin, so those united to Him are not treated as condemned criminals. Yet believers remain subject to God’s loving fatherly dis…